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Our own checks for Uganda are on the way. Until then, search 113 checks about Uganda published by other fact-checking organisations. Each one is credited and linked to its source.
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“Bukoto South Member of Parliament Twaha Kagabo, polled two votes in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections held on 17 July 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Kyabazinga of Busoga kingdom, Gabula Nadiope IV, bowing before Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni to receive vehicle donation”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“a video supposedly of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni reacting to his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto’s ‘shoot on the leg’ directive”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“the Electoral Commission of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) nullified Bosmic Otim’s nomination for the Bardege-Layibi Constituency candidacy”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“post claiming that Uganda has banned TikTok”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on TikTok claiming that the World Food Programme (WFP) is recruiting for various positions in Uganda”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“TikTok post claiming that Americans have been stopped from travelling to Uganda”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on TikTok claiming that Ugandan medical doctor Spire Kiggundu, brother to activist Spire Ssentongo, was gunned down”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“TikTok post claiming that Uganda’s Finance Minister Matia Kasaija resigned after reading the 2025/2026 budget”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“screenshot of a directive purportedly issued by Uganda’s Ministry of Works and Transport about vehicle usage”
PesaCheck rated this: Satire
“TikTok post claiming to show a bomb explosion in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in June 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on TikTok claiming that the State Minister in charge of Youth and Children Affairs in Uganda, Balaam Barugahare, has resigned”
PesaCheck rated this: False